No, not the real-life eye fluttering, but the button you’ll find next to someone’s profile that allows you to show interest in a match. But if you’re truly interested in a match, you shouldn’t blow your one opportunity with a seemingly meaningless attempt. Of course, the most important reason to ignore Winking online and leave it only to real-life scenarios is “mat-uration,” the saturation of matches like you on a site.

College students from all walks of life try online dating, and Pew reports that 36 percent of all single people have tried online dating.

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